I couldn't tell you one artist or song in the current top 40. I do like the classic countdowns as done on GHR and Radio 2. With GHR aimed at the older audience I really cannot understand why it has to have such a limited playlist. There are so many 1000's of 70/80/90 tracks that are well known but never played. I'm sure that as long as it's a recognised track listeners are not going to tune out. To me at the moment it's hearing the same predictable tracks that makes me tune over to the internet only oldies stations. Alternatively I just continually tune around the DAB oldies stations in my car.

Catching up with the thread. As a music geek myself (once did a blog and all that) I myself wouldn't want to hear all obscure tracks all the time on the radio, especially if I come to a station like GHR expecting the stuff I've always loved! Right time and place for everything -- not this one.

Mark Goodier will broadcast his morning show to GHR Scotland from April - any more changes?

In Swansea the AM licence needs to do 10 hours a day from Wales, so I suspect it will become GHR Wales and carry the Mark Goodier mid-morning show. It would be logical for GHR Wales to be carried on the Cardiff multiplex.

Mark Goodier will broadcast his morning show to GHR Scotland from April - any more changes?

In Swansea the AM licence needs to do 10 hours a day from Wales, so I suspect it will become GHR Wales and carry the Mark Goodier mid-morning show. It would be logical for GHR Wales to be carried on the Cardiff multiplex.

Seems crazy that the restrictions are more onerous on AM than FM licences. Can't see that lasting if a format request was put it (or does the law need changed too?).

I listened to America's Greatest Hits on catch-up. Sounded good! I'd definitely dip into GHR if they had other programming of that quality.

Mark Goodier will broadcast his morning show to GHR Scotland from April - any more changes?

In Swansea the AM licence needs to do 10 hours a day from Wales, so I suspect it will become GHR Wales and carry the Mark Goodier mid-morning show. It would be logical for GHR Wales to be carried on the Cardiff multiplex.

Seems crazy that the restrictions are more onerous on AM than FM licences. Can't see that lasting if a format request was put it (or does the law need changed too?).

I listened to America's Greatest Hits on catch-up. Sounded good! I'd definitely dip into GHR if they had other programming of that quality.

It doesn't need a law change, it's up to Ofcom. Bauer challenged this in their consultation response but Ofcom said they were happy with the policy. Smooth Wales only has to do 4 hours a day because that's all Gold was doing when the rule was introduced in 2010.

Is it the same for Clyde 2, Forth 2 will they lose their local identities and just become GHR at weekends too?

No the scottish AM stations are staying the same at the moment

How is that going to work if Mark Goodier is referring to "Greatest Hits Radio" on-air but the Scottish stations are still using the heritage names?

Surely it's easier to rebrand as Greatest Hits Radio (Scotland) before the end of March?

Same way Sean goldsmith does it every night. Split links

That's the difference between Global & Bauer. Global would have rolled out the network branding so that Goldsmith and the others could mention Greatest Hits Radio without messing about with separate links. Nobody cares about the heritage names on an AM network so why don't they just get it sorted?

Is it the same for Clyde 2, Forth 2 will they lose their local identities and just become GHR at weekends too?

No the scottish AM stations are staying the same at the moment

How is that going to work if Mark Goodier is referring to "Greatest Hits Radio" on-air but the Scottish stations are still using the heritage names?

Surely it's easier to rebrand as Greatest Hits Radio (Scotland) before the end of March?

Same way Sean goldsmith does it every night. Split links

That's the difference between Global & Bauer. Global would have rolled out the network branding so that Goldsmith and the others could mention Greatest Hits Radio without messing about with separate links. Nobody cares about the heritage names on an AM network so why don't they just get it sorted?

Agree. It's so easy for the split links to sound disjointed, the slightest change in tone or pace during the "join" during the link is so easy to spot.

I know we're all anoraks, listening closely, though I can't help but think that even if the average Joe doesn't explicitly notice it's happening, on a subliminal level it creates a stilted, fake sound, which the Global stations just don't have.

Is it the same for Clyde 2, Forth 2 will they lose their local identities and just become GHR at weekends too?

No the scottish AM stations are staying the same at the moment

How is that going to work if Mark Goodier is referring to "Greatest Hits Radio" on-air but the Scottish stations are still using the heritage names?

Surely it's easier to rebrand as Greatest Hits Radio (Scotland) before the end of March?

Same way Sean goldsmith does it every night. Split links

That's the difference between Global & Bauer. Global would have rolled out the network branding so that Goldsmith and the others could mention Greatest Hits Radio without messing about with separate links. Nobody cares about the heritage names on an AM network so why don't they just get it sorted?

Agree. It's so easy for the split links to sound disjointed, the slightest change in tone or pace during the "join" during the link is so easy to spot.

I know we're all anoraks, listening closely, though I can't help but think that even if the average Joe doesn't explicitly notice it's happening, on a subliminal level it creates a stilted, fake sound, which the Global stations just don't have.

Is it the same for Clyde 2, Forth 2 will they lose their local identities and just become GHR at weekends too?

No the scottish AM stations are staying the same at the moment

How is that going to work if Mark Goodier is referring to "Greatest Hits Radio" on-air but the Scottish stations are still using the heritage names?

Surely it's easier to rebrand as Greatest Hits Radio (Scotland) before the end of March?

Same way Sean goldsmith does it every night. Split links

That's the difference between Global & Bauer. Global would have rolled out the network branding so that Goldsmith and the others could mention Greatest Hits Radio without messing about with separate links. Nobody cares about the heritage names on an AM network so why don't they just get it sorted?

The fact that Bauer retained the Clyde 2/Forth 2 etc names proves they see value in them. Easier to cross-promote from their FM stations and indicates clearly to anyone flicking through their station list that they are ‘local’ (local news/ads, Scottish programming). Of course, Bauer’s Scottish FM stations are doing better than their English equivalents, doubtless for a number of reasons.

Having a networked show on them in daytime is a mistake and making Mark have to do awkward split links rather than pay for one DJ to do a show from Clydebank seems rather foolish.

Is it the same for Clyde 2, Forth 2 will they lose their local identities and just become GHR at weekends too?

No the scottish AM stations are staying the same at the moment

How is that going to work if Mark Goodier is referring to "Greatest Hits Radio" on-air but the Scottish stations are still using the heritage names?

Surely it's easier to rebrand as Greatest Hits Radio (Scotland) before the end of March?

Same way Sean goldsmith does it every night. Split links

That's the difference between Global & Bauer. Global would have rolled out the network branding so that Goldsmith and the others could mention Greatest Hits Radio without messing about with separate links. Nobody cares about the heritage names on an AM network so why don't they just get it sorted?

The fact that Bauer retained the Clyde 2/Forth 2 etc names proves they see value in them. Easier to cross-promote from their FM stations and indicates clearly to anyone flicking through their station list that they are ‘local’ (local news/ads, Scottish programming). Of course, Bauer’s Scottish FM stations are doing better than their English equivalents, doubtless for a number of reasons.

Having a networked show on them in daytime is a mistake and making Mark have to do awkward split links rather than pay for one DJ to do a show from Clydebank seems rather foolish.

Is it the same for Clyde 2, Forth 2 will they lose their local identities and just become GHR at weekends too?

No the scottish AM stations are staying the same at the moment

How is that going to work if Mark Goodier is referring to "Greatest Hits Radio" on-air but the Scottish stations are still using the heritage names?

Surely it's easier to rebrand as Greatest Hits Radio (Scotland) before the end of March?

Same way Sean goldsmith does it every night. Split links

That's the difference between Global & Bauer. Global would have rolled out the network branding so that Goldsmith and the others could mention Greatest Hits Radio without messing about with separate links. Nobody cares about the heritage names on an AM network so why don't they just get it sorted?

The fact that Bauer retained the Clyde 2/Forth 2 etc names proves they see value in them. Easier to cross-promote from their FM stations and indicates clearly to anyone flicking through their station list that they are ‘local’ (local news/ads, Scottish programming). Of course, Bauer’s Scottish FM stations are doing better than their English equivalents, doubtless for a number of reasons.

Having a networked show on them in daytime is a mistake and making Mark have to do awkward split links rather than pay for one DJ to do a show from Clydebank seems rather foolish.